Department of Transportation July 8, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Casino Transportation, Inc. (CTI), a federally regulated motor passenger carrier (MC-279356), has filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to purchase the stock of and lease the operating authorities of Four Winds, Inc., d/b/a People's Choice Transportation, Inc. (People's Choice), also a federally regulated motor passenger carrier (MC- 264768). Additionally, Craig Caldwell (Caldwell), Greg Waterman, and Robert Waterman (Watermans) seek authority to control both carriers and Joanne Lah (Lah) seeks limited control of certain elements of the operations of both carriers for a limited period of time. Persons wishing to oppose this application must follow the rules at 49 CFR 1182.5 and 1182.8. The Board has tentatively approved the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 767-200 and -300 series airplanes. For certain airplanes, this proposed AD would require repetitive inspections for discrepancies of the tube assemblies and insulation of the metered fire extinguisher system and the bleed air duct couplings of the auxiliary power unit (APU) located in the aft cargo compartment; and corrective actions if necessary. For certain other airplanes, this proposed AD would require a one-time inspection for sufficient clearance between the fire extinguishing tube and the APU bleed air duct in the aft cargo compartment, and modification if necessary. This proposed AD is prompted by one report indicating that an operator found a hole in the discharge tube assembly for the metered fire extinguishing system; and another report indicating that an operator found chafing of the fire extinguishing tube against the APU duct that resulted in a crack in the tube. We are proposing this AD to prevent fire extinguishing agent from leaking out of the tube assembly in the aft cargo compartment which, in the event of a fire in the aft cargo compartment, could result in an insufficient concentration of fire extinguishing agent, and consequent inability of the fire extinguishing system to suppress the fire.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on April 27, 2005 (FR Vol. 70, No. 80, page 21835). No comments were received.